Jérémie 29:5

5 Bâtissez des maisons, et les habitez; plantez des jardins, et mangez-en les fruits;

Jérémie 29:5 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 29:5

Build ye houses, and dwell [in them]
Intimating hereby that they must not expect a return into their own land in any short time, but that they should continue many years where they were; suggesting also, that as they had ability, so they should have liberty, of building themselves houses; nor should they be interrupted by their enemies; nor would their houses be taken from them, when built; but they should dwell peaceably and quietly in them, as their own; which they might assure themselves of from the Lord, who gives these, and the following directions: and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
and live as comfortably as you can in a foreign country; plant your gardens with vines and pomegranates, and all sorts of fruitful trees the country produces; and fear not the fruit being taken away from you; depend upon it, you shall eat the fruit of your own labour, and not be deprived of it.

Jérémie 29:5 In-Context

3 Elle fut portée par Éleasa, fils de Shaphan, et Guémaria, fils de Hilkija, que Sédécias, roi de Juda, envoyait à Babylone, vers Nébucadnetsar, roi de Babylone, et était ainsi conçue:

4 Ainsi a dit l'Éternel des armées, le Dieu d'Israël, à tous les captifs que j'ai transportés de Jérusalem à Babylone:

5 Bâtissez des maisons, et les habitez; plantez des jardins, et mangez-en les fruits;

6 Prenez des femmes, et ayez des fils et des filles; prenez des femmes pour vos fils et donnez des maris à vos filles, afin qu'elles enfantent des fils et des filles; multipliez-vous là, et ne diminuez point.

7 Cherchez la paix de la ville où je vous ai transportés, et priez l'Éternel pour elle; car dans sa paix vous aurez la paix.